Leather and textile or like covering.



F. W. MOORE.

LEATHER AND TEXTILE on LIKE covsnms. APPLICATION FILED 8.24.1916.

1,267,890. Patented May2 8,1918.

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I ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W} MOORE, OF NEW YORK, lll Y1, ASSIGNOR T0 DUAL LEATHEBS CORPORA- TIOLN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LEATHER AND TEXTILE Olt LIKE COVERING.

Application filed april 24, 1916.

for bags, be ts. shoes v l hpper napp -rs. and automobile uphols \vln'io ornate leather surface =11 ill-salabl and tut i/infi l:

and pliablcness inll'miiftlii'.

A covering emb dyin ng my invention in one form is illustrated in the drawings iurein, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a covering embodying my invention with. some of the plies cut away to expose the plies under neath.

Fig. 2 is a view of another fabric embody ing my invention in which an ornamental appearance is given to the covering.

Fig. 3 is a view of still another fabric embodying my invention, this being shah lar to the fabric shown in Fig. l but embodying only two plies.

Fig. l is a detail view on scale greatly onlarge/d showing the microscopic iipllkailll'ifilk of a fabric employed in carrying on: my in tion.

Fig. 5 is a view in cross section through the fabric disclosed in Fig. 4.

By inlaying an open weave textile or net or buckrum or like. suitable fabric with soft or split leather or fibrous material or sheet-- ing substantially equivalent to soft leather into which the textile or like fabric can be countersunk, and forming a coalition one with the other, by a coalescence of same with a cohesive adhesive composition or coinpound which combines with leather or like material and adds to its substance, a thin body of leather or its above mentioned equivalent sullicicnt to embed the textile and form a covering or coating, can be so interlocked with the textile that the cohesive adhesive compound will form a union of the fibers of leather and textile. In doing this the textile supplies the vacancy created by the removed material and thus substantially maintains its substance, although the fabric need not necessarily be applied to the same side of the split leather as that occupied by the removed portion of the leather.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Serial No. 93,319.

Said removed portion of the leather being what may be aptly termed an integument it is fitting that the fabric which takes its place shall be designated by the same term, and I have, therefore, called such fabric run intcgumenl in the specification and claims herein, meaning thereby a material other than leather, and preferably a manufactured.

material, having all of the principal and crust distinguishable characteristics of the portion of the leather which it supplants. 'lhe construction of the weave of net or textile fabric may be such that the leather will be so inlerspaced between the weave that each forms a portion of the surface, the leather coming through the mesh preferably in such proportion that the leather forms the major portion of the surfaces of the covering so that suitable finishes applied to either surface of the com osite sheet of covering material form a lling and coating for the material, the textile or not being so interposed between the material and the filling on one surface they are so inseparably fastened that they become substantially integral. The thin composite covering: material. thus has the strength of It WQlgllliGl? material or of a whole hide or sltiiu with greater degree of flexibility and,

In. either case the fibers or substance of the leather which are embedded in or are forced through the openings or mesh of the textile are suflieiently interlocked with the weave of the textile so that the filling of adhesive by forming a film over the surface, unites the weave of the textile with the leather to render them inseparable and practically integral one with the other, the textile a component part of the leather and substantially a connected tissue of its fibers.

In the accompanying drawings the nu- Il'lBlTtl 5 indicates a fabric composed of fibers, preferably woven into a more or less coarse mesh and 6 indicates a sheet of leather, or similar soft material the manufactured equivalent of leather and embodying its character especi' ly as to resiliency or pliability of body substance, and body substance itself, said sheet comprising the base or basic material of my improved covering. In many instances the threads of the woven material are, b any suitable means, caused to be embedde within the soft material of the sheet 6 so that the latter protrudes through the meshes of the woven fabric to the surface opposite that on which the sheet 6 is located. A binding material 7 is then a plied to thissurface of the composite slEeet for the purpose of causing the woven fabric and the leather or like material to firmly unite. This binder may be of any suitable material to effect the desired purpose, and it may be such as to obscure the woven fabric or it may be such as to permit the woven fabric to be seen, such fabric, in the latter case forming a finished surface for the composite sheet as a whole, such a structure being shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings in which the numeral 8 indicates the leather or similar material, 9 the woven fabric and 10 the binder. In the covering shown in Fig. 3 the fabric 5, formed in a weave having the appearance of leather with ores or interstices lrregularly interspaced, lies the finish 7 applied to it, and the leather face is omitted, the finish filling the inter stices to give body substance and inlaying the weave.

My invention contemplates a sheet of m aterial that is intended to take the place of leather, but the outer or wearing surface, or that surface intended to be exposed to the most severe wear, of which is composed of a woven or knitted fabric having sufficient stren h to withstand the uses to which it is to e put, and the inner surface, or that surface which is intended in use to be subjected to the least wear, of which shall be composed of leather or a. soft material hav" ing some of its characteristics and which material is, therefore, calledrby me a base or basic material. The finishes, however, applied to either surface will be characterized y the weave so interposed.

I claim r 1. (A covering comprising a basic material having a textile fabric embedded in one surface of the basic material, said surface and the weave being coated or filled with adhesive cohesive material to form a film of finish on the surface of said covering and forming a coalescence of the composite surface or surfaces, the film of finish entering the mesh of said weave forming component parts of one surface, the design of the interposed weave characterizing said surface. 2. A covering comprising a basic material of thin leather having a net or open weave textile fabric spread upon one surface of i the basic material, POIlJlOIlS. of said surface of the leather protruding into the meshes of said net, sal

weave and portions of the leather in contact therewith being inseparably united one with the other to form a thin, flexible, elastic composite sheet of leather material having one surface characterized by the weave of the textile interposed therewith.

3. A covering comprising a basic material of leather having a textile in open weave design interposed. with the substances of said basic material to form a portion of one sur face thereof, the major portions of said basic material having a substantial portion thereof inter-spaced in the meshes of said textile and exposed to form a surface or surfaces of the covering, (he basic material and the textile forming component parts of said surface or surfaces and being substantially integral one with the other.

4. A covering comprising a basic material having a textile in open ornate weave design countersunk or inlaid to form a portion of one surface of said covering, the major portion of which consists of the basic material, the textile being intcrspaced with the basic material exposed within the meshes of the textile to form a composite surface of component parts of the fabric and textile integral one with the other.

5. A covering material. of thin leather having a textile of net or coarse weave dcsign practically integral with the fibers of one surface and having the fibers of the lea ther so inter-spaced between the coarse net or cxlilc to form a surface having a subsiainl iul body of the leather exposed between the meshes of the textile, the leather and the textile forming a component part of one surface of the covering.

6. A covering material having a base of thin leather embedded in a composite body of adhesive cohesive nuitcrial and coarse textile interposed forming a surface of substantially equal body substance as the leather base and each forming a component part of said surface, the cohesivc'adhesive material filling the meshes of the interposed textile to form a substantial portion of said surface.

7. A covering material of leather or its manufactured equivajent having textile or net, in ornate design zith open spaces forming a mesh into which the leather enters to form a substantial surface of leather interspaced with the design of the textile and inseparably united therewith by a cohesive adhesive finish between which finish and the body of the sheet of leather material the textile is inte posed.

8. A coverin comprising a basic material having a texti e not fabric with coarse or open mesh inter osed with its substance to form on one sur ace thereof a web or net of textile substantially integral w h the basic material, the latter of whi iorms a substantial portion of said; surface, and which is interspaced between the threads of the textile to fill the mesh, the textile thus being inlaid or countersunk and inseparably bound to the leather by an adhesive cohesive filler, which finishes the outer surface of the leather portion and the textile forming cone ponent parts of said finished surface.

9. A covering comprising a basic mate rial, a body of cohesive adhesive materiai and a coarse open textile coating countersunk upon one surface of the body of basic material to form a textile Web or net sub stantially integral with said adhesive body and the basic material, the adhesive being interposed to form a coalition of the textile and the thin leather, and also acting as a filler between theweave of textile and at the same time forming a component part of the outersurface of the covering material.

10. A covering comprisin a basic material on one side and a texti e fabric on the other -sidc, embedded Within the substance of the basic material, and an adhesive finish ing material applied to the textiie side of the covering and passing through the meshes of the fabric and uniting with that surface of the basic material that rests against the textile.

11. A covering comprising a piece of basic material forming one surface of the covering, and a sheet of fabric having the utility and flexible characteristics distinguishable in leather secured to said basic material and embedded in the substance thereof to form of said basic material a body substance, whereby said fabric has a concrete consistency and forms an integument of the basic material comparable to the natural integument of a hide or skin.

12. A covering of leather having an integument formed on the surface consisting of textile fabric embedded therein, the leather filling the mesh of the fabric to impart a concrete consistency to its outer surfare comparable to the leather which forms the opposite surface, and having finishing material applied to the fabric surface to give to this surface the utility and distinguishable characteristics of leather.

FREDERICK W. MOORE. 

